diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index f77d7e2273600493690264b85209204c7861b5bc..7080fdbcb5dca8c04748f8e176608a76c750b11b 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from config import config
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_login import LoginManager
+from flask_mail import Mail
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 
 
 db = SQLAlchemy()
+mail = Mail()
 
 login_manager = LoginManager()
 login_manager.login_view = 'auth.login'
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ def create_app(config_name):
 
     db.init_app(app)
     login_manager.init_app(app)
+    mail.init_app(app)
 
     from .auth import auth as auth_blueprint
     app.register_blueprint(auth_blueprint, url_prefix='/auth')